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CONALL, Darragh and Naoise are among the storm names for the year ahead it was announced today. Met Éireann, along with the UK’s Met Office and the Netherlands’ KNMI weather service, have released the full list of 21 new storm names for the 2024/2025 season, which starts this Sunday, September 1. Storms are named when they could cause ‘medium’ or ‘high’ impacts in one of the … [Read more...] about Conall, Darragh and Naoise confirmed among Ireland’s storm names for year ahead

VAPES worth more than €3k containing suspected cannabis have been seized by Gardaí in Donegal. Officers seized €3,080 of vaping products containing suspected illegal cannabinoids during searches carried out Bundoran and Donegal Town on August 22, they confirmed last night. “As a result of the ongoing investigation into the sale or supply of cannabis in the form of oil and … [Read more...] about Vapes worth €3k containing cannabis seized after person falls ill

A TEENAGER who died in a collision in Donegal will be laid to rest in his hometown in Derry today. Kian Dawson-Kirk died on Saturday, August 24 after the car he was a passenger in was involved in a collision at around 11.15pm. The 16-year-old, from Carnhill in Derry, was travelling with his cousin Eoghan Dawson who was driving the car. Mr Dawson, aged 20, was seriously injured … [Read more...] about Funeral for teenager killed in collision in Donegal takes place today

AN arson attack on a church in Belfast is being treated as a racially motivated hate crime. PSNI officers were called after two men masked men set fire to The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Templemore Street, east Belfast at around 9.30pm on Tuesday, August 27. The men, who were wearing dark coloured track suits, used an angle-grinder type tool to cut a hole in the … [Read more...] about Arson attack on church being treated as racially motivated hate crime

A SEMINAL piece of art by Belfast-born artist Gerard Dillon will go under the hammer in Sussex next week. The Irishman, who died in Dublin in 1971 at the age of 55, is thought to have completed the work in 1949. Considered one of the artist's most important pieces, High Cross Panel is inspired by Celtic relief sculptures that Dillon had sketched during his visits to … [Read more...] about Artwork considered one of Gerard Dillon’s best set to go under the hammer next week